Category Archives: Self-Making Model

Authentic Potentiality-for-Being|Anticipatory Resoluteness

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Reading Heidegger’s Being and Time as if for the very first time… anticipation reveals to Dasein its lostness in the they-self, and brings it face to face with the possibility of being itself, primarily unsupported by concernful solicitude, but of … Continue reading →

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Wandering Minds

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

Discovery article referencing Schooler Default Networks & Self-Referential Thinking: “Allows us to work through important thinking” — seems to be related to insight. Zoning out: “[Default Network and Executive Control [areas of the brain] more active]”

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Sensorium

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ2hY6Fetw0 The quiet brings colour… and these are the colours of solitude.

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Quiet Space

Posted on January 5, 2008 by

Quiet Space Originally uploaded by Xhyra Graf. So the Blue Room/NoumenArt Lounge has been painted a rich dark blue and I went through my boxes of books, etc. to move to the studio today. I feel almost whole… I will … Continue reading →

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SEER

Posted on January 3, 2008 by

So, as I prepare to teach this semester I’ve been reminded that I actually have fairly important [to me] things to work on.  The [SEER] Model of Creative Practice is at best in the sketch phase. I need to take … Continue reading →

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Oxy-Acetylene hues

Posted on April 28, 2007 by

It’s been such a long time since I’ve spent quality time in the SecondLife Studio. Gotta get back to work… I’ve been looking through the photos to see if I found some extras that I thought might be good for … Continue reading →

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[SEER] Model of Creative Practice

Posted on April 6, 2007 by

From Greene’s 42 Creativity Models, I began to work on a synthesis to what I initially called the Self-Making Model.  After some thought/work what has finally settled in as feeling right is the Self Extension and Experience Realization [SEER] model … Continue reading →

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Self-Making Model

Posted on February 24, 2007 by

Synthesize Greene’s Models re: Art & Consciousness Two major so far: Models 33 & 41 Secondary*: Models o4, 10 & 14 Possibly, so there is one from each Type: 19 or 23, 25 or 30 More review/thinking needed. The first … Continue reading →

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And in the Metaverse…

Posted on February 5, 2007 by

MarChrist Autopoiesis The question is… how far can one be removed from reality?  I’ve decided to undertake the painting of the snapshot taken in Second Life. So what we will have then is a representation (painting) of a representation (avatar) in … Continue reading →

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Self Image

Posted on December 31, 2006 by

The different permutations of Xhyra Graf… It’s funny how many changes there have been. Each time I think I’ve settled in on something I find some things that need to be changed. It’s been a revelation to me that the virtual Xhyra … Continue reading →

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